serious rewards are stuck to course allegiance to the regime. those who don't make it into the fun metropolis often toggery. have fun and join us starts feb 28th w. . it's looking. good. you're watching in good shape on d w here's your host dr constantly quote out hello and welcome to in. a big thank you to in good shape i have to admit even as a presenter i sometimes don't know my words and my cameraman without his glasses he's literally blind and my assistant well she's always lost and her faults them

aright. well nobody's perfect and this is perfectly normal even if this holds true we sometimes distinguish between people with disabilities and without if someone for instance is sitting in a wheelchair other people may approach him with discrimination or with pity and no going to meet young lady who's trying to bring together. i'm really looking forward to this interview today because normally i have to look up to might you give your partner because he or she. or if to stand on something like a box to be an eye level but today i mean. nice to meet you so how tall are you so normally my answer to this is it's obvious but. one reader and 38 said to me how do people react when they meet you for the 1st time well that's very different most of them are friendly but i do recognize there are

kind of insecure because they don't know how to talk to me or. they want to do something like. that but most of them are very very friendly most of the time we're here in berlin institution called we are people with disabilities and people with out any disability working together so we continue talking just a moment but let's have a look around ok. short stature she's a writer blogger slam poet and media presenter she talks about discrimination of women about inclusion and about how people with and without disabilities can get along. 15 percent of the world's population have a disability and many of them the night human rights which is unbelievable as 10

years ago there was a reason lucian put in place protecting the rights and dignity of them but the law is one thing real life is another many people with disabilities are excluded and discriminated there's one name no wonder who. take a look at. this is. the man who can lift up to 160 kilograms he's been a member of the london paralympic delegation and travels to international sports competitions but his story is also about inner strength. life is a street child. when i was 8 years old i got polio. the disease affected one leg when i was taken to the hospital i got injections and suddenly my 2nd leg was also affected that's why i'm just a built in both legs. not long afterwards both of his parents.

dropped out of school since there was no one to take care of him he was forced to live on the street. i slept on the outside veranda of houses. sometimes even in garbage containers where i went to look for some leftovers to eat so my life as a street child really wasn't easy. going through. it despite the rwandan government's efforts not inclusion of children with disabilities still face stigma many on the street. when a family is poor and they have a child with disabilities that child is often not welcome and often society doesn't welcome that child either. to meet the challenges of daily life as

a teenager to the ocean started strength training outside on the street it was his own idea but. i just exercised on the road. street children need to protect themselves against threats from others. that's why i started training. i wanted to be strong to protect myself in times of trouble. in 2003 his life changed. since then with still training in a very basic gym which he had set up himself a politician approached him and suggested he join the wonders national power of powerlifting team when he was 21 then went to his 1st international competition the pan african games held in nigeria and you know i started sleeping in hotels life was suddenly great i had nice food and they even gave me new clothes. that

was followed by the commonwealth games other competitions in africa even the 2012 paralympics in london tales and travelled the world. with hispanics as a professional athlete he was able to rent his own house and purchase a cargo bike. and this is my bike i look for people who need transport. we put their cargo on my bike and i transported for them. that's how i earn my living. and it's now 37 he's a trainer a motivational speaker and a role model for others living with disability. almost . like a brother to me a friend. with all my have i have because of teo. thanks to him i'm

a professional athlete today. see why don't know where i came from it motivates me to help others. often invites young street people to a free training session. for a hot meal he hopes that one day people with disabilities will have the same opportunities as everyone else and that all of his friends will achieve their goals . as i wanted to to go i would like to run a place where i welcome people with disabilities and motivate them to do sports and realize their dreams i would also like to offer them education because most of them could not go to school. until his vision becomes reality cheers you know it's about small victories one at a time. 2 years and this is taking a stand for people with disabilities he's going out into the public and then so are

you actually your blog or your poetry and you write and you want to raise some awareness i guess so so what you want to achieve by this yeah i think this able people are still discriminated in the society and political ways so i want to use creative ways and the stage the reach i have and social media. to say hey that's not ok we want the same rights like people without disabilities and we need to talk about things like that. do you think you're so full of being moved or do you more thing that society is putting you into some kind of corner in 1st of all i don't think disabled is like a bad word or something. but there are ways where i am disabled or things i am disabled. like in daily life i can break

bottles to the container so it's too high for me or are the things which are too high so i can reach them and there are situations when people pass by. like touching my hands like a small pan or something. these are all things which are very discriminate discriminating to me. and which i don't understand. let's talk about discrimination because there are studies that say that about 70 percent of people who just commute with disabilities are being discriminated in germany alone so what are your experiences about this being touched in the head is one being touched on the head as one and other things are like disrespectful behavior. so when i stand in line at the bakery or something people walk by and. go to the front without noticing me or something which is a big card so i often do hear insults or something like that let's talk

a little bit about language because us approaches them i use language rising emotion people so what kind of roles or something which play discrimination i think language is playing a big role because language is building images in our heads so if we are talking disrespectful about people the situation won't get better so my goal is to show people you can talk about people with disabilities or you can talk with people with disabilities without being disrespectful and use words without any problems so do you think that most of the discrimination words and language used is not intended by the people yes i do think it's not intended but what's more important for me is what the other side is feeling when somebody is talking like even when it's not intended the other one can feel very bad about it. so

you can. talk to the person and when somebody says well don't use this word please. then it's important to you to think about it it's respect to get him to suspect this and i think it's a lot about insecurity of people and dealing with of the p. . with disabilities so so how what's your advice how can you help them. in my advice is to talk to each other so just ask questions is it ok i talk with you. when you're talking with me do i need to sit down or can i stand when i'm talking with you or just do i have to carry something for you because it's too big or something and just respect the answer i think communication is the key to inclusion what a great. but i do think it's like that that was something completely different if

you like music yes of course you go into concerts yet then let me ask you a provocative question do you see anything if you're on the concert no of course but do you see anything when you're at the concert. that all but. i think yeah but is this just community. and no i don't think that's it's kind of provocative but it's not discriminating because there are a lot of people who don't see anything at a concert and i'm short and you see that so it's for me it's no problem to talk about things like that but going to a concert and not seeing anything is one thing but not hearing anything is another but there are people with disabilities who go to concerts to take just a balloon and feed of the sound from the building but what if you want to listen to the text and the lyrics and you can't hear anything then people like ok take

a look at. the sound of some of the stuff. truly inclusive. visualizes the lyrics and emotional power of live music a jump she puts the heart and soul into elections the moment is the best moments are when deaf people start singing along by signing along and i always think wow you understand me so i still can't get over that my hands can speak i still find it amazing and it's great when you have the entire crowd standing there clapping like this i really hope they do today to. lower schlangenbad as a sign language interpreter specializing in music concerts she's feeling a bit nervous because it's her 1st time on stage at the famous vulcan heavy metal festival but she always prepares meticulously for each song. coming in and then off

we go out i can't explain to someone who's never been able to hear what a violin or viola sounds like economics or a heavy metal concert they can explain to me what it feels like but it doesn't work the other way around. what i can do is get across the intensity of the power and emotions or even despair of an electric guitar for example it's happening that i can do but. it's not just the sound that makes the music but the emotions on the story it tells. novas own story began when she became fascinated with sign language while still a young girl when her best friend lost his hearing her hands learn how to do the talking and that's still the medium for her interpreter in work which is always quite a challenge. so how does. a sentence takes longer in sign language than in spoken language but find grammar lets me paraphrase and swap things around. so i end up just as fast and all the content is there just sometimes

in a slightly different order to. lower costs say how many people there are all in the crowd not that it matters. kutztown de vaughn give her the lowdown afterwards on what a concert literally feels like but deaf people. get up at the ground vibrates and you feel it in your whole body. it's not exactly the ground is loud and you can feel the air around you vibrating like it's great. it's like. it's the 1st time they've seen love on live on stage and they're most appreciative . yet now i feel really included were able to come here and join in and be part of the crowd so please explain it's not just having an interpreter is great it would be annoying without one but this is often

the time that the. music comes from the heart and so does love as interpretive or awards applause in sign language. moving wrong tone working exercising for people with disabilities things sometimes difficult obviously different but this still can be a lot of fun. when you want to do that around the world always looks different from up here this ramp is so short all right down with a we really really want. david luiz are in his element the wheelchair skating or w.c. m.x. pro often comes to the skating hall in berlin. whether you have a disability or not doesn't matter if you want to skate then you skate everyone knows there's some risk but when you go to a skate park for the 1st time you don't head for the 3 metre ramp you start small and work your way off it. all. on your hearts or has been

attending w.c. m.x. sessions for 2 years now she's even acquired an nickname. is coming on i can go down the ramps with we lease i can basically deal weili for 5 hours david called me that we'll leaking. doing we'll is that his riding only on the back wheels also helps a wheelchair user get around better in daily life although the professional skater wheelchairs here have a special front axle and suspension anyone can come and try out the sport. the best w.c. m.x. riders head to the skating halls and parks in the u.s. world championships are held there in the skate parts of california florida and texas the w.c. m.x. athletes can show off their skills outdoors i'm wheels from las vegas in the usa i'm ready you see i'm. aaron will's fathering how missed the w.

cmyk star his daring tricks were a big incentive for german writer david loser. every time it seems like someone's catching up to aaron he takes another turn. steps forward so yes he's always an inspiration to me and to others on the ball maybe the hardest thing in w c m x starting it this is a sport that takes a lot of courage and determination but it's worth it. here workshops for people who sit in a wheelchair and those who go there workshops like. everyone works together people with disabilities and people without any do you think this is very important to create a sense of normality well of course this is important i always have to smile when somebody says well we do an inclusive project like a theatre project or something and in the end there are people with disabilities who are working together or play together this is great and fun but it's not inclusive because you always need to bring people with and without disabilities

together for things like that and it's not only a sense of normality it is right for the people with and without the disability to work together and to live together because of the you and disability act right in this or even started early life like in kindergarten or like and school where they are in terms of class this is important to start with very early yeah it's important because i think when people from a very early age are living together with any kind of individuals. it's a kind of normal when you grew up. you knew. this feeling. to not want to talk to people with disabilities or to be unsure how to talk to people with disabilities and so i think it's very important to bring all

these people together like just when there are 2 years old or something. sometimes or i think of the greater part of your life you use humor as a method to. talk about disability like the poetry slam or in your books you. think it's the best method. people really listen to what you have to say because it's not like the. guy i just tell you how to do this and you are all bad and use the wrong leg which. it's welcoming and it's kind of funny but they also go home and take this message. set on the stage with them and think about it and i think that that's a good way to influence people. but this still remains a very serious topic especially women with disabilities have

a higher risk of being sexually abused what can we do. i think what we can do. to vote and to look at all the. parties what they are doing for people with disabilities. to talk about things like that and to listen to people with disabilities what they are. experienced in their daily lives what they are talking about and to give them a voice perhaps. to give them a voice in social media and get something like that. so tell me something about its project yeah that's a good question. i'm not the kind of. i'm not the type who's planning everything so i have an idea for. which i'm working on and i'm looking

forward to all the. events i'm hosting in the near future and when i can wish for something i really would like to host the german t.v. awards show i think that's the right person for this that you want to go to because i would host it so so maybe we can who sit together ok ok ok i'm keeping with the flowing of planning so much as a very very good idea because this is how we plan or so we don't plan it because we need your questions. on an upcoming show we'll be talking about cannabis for many it's not just a recreational drug but a healing one how does marijuana thank you and what are the risks send your questions and in good shape at d w dot com just try cannabis in the subject line we look forward to hearing. from you. imagine a world where the stand to check if

a child will become disabled and then stop this child for me. through abortion in some cases doctors are already doing this but good for world. i want to ask my mother what would have happened had she known about my disability and whether she might have had an abortion she started crying. soon after i was born it was clear that i had a neural tube defects what's called spinal bifida. or that meant i had various difficulties especially when it came to walking on. another common symptom with spinal bifida is hydrocephalus which is a condition where cerebral spinal fluid can drain properly from the brain and shortly after i was born i had a shunt implanted it drains that fluid through

a catheter into my abdomen and. soon after that doctors told my mother that i probably wouldn't survive to adulthood today we know that those kinds of predictions were completely off base of course the doctors were wrong and it caused us a great deal of fear and stress. on. the. one that is finished on the whole i don't want to demonize prenatal diagnostics it can be helpful for example it can help couples who are having a baby and know what to expect. but i don't believe it should result in what i would consider hasty or unnecessary abortions receiving up time and. has had to look on that fewer people with disabilities would have all sorts of consequences for our health care system that. insurance providers would say they

could save lots of money or fewer people had special needs. but medical care is always getting better which will also lessen the impact of a disability. they get done because itself the idea of a society full of designer babies is something that does concern me that i do find disturbing. i don't believe it would be good for society if all of the differences among us were racist and you mentioned. that's what for me that also means that people with disabilities are an important part of our society they're part of the diversity of our society depends on it. thank you in your fall those interesting talks thank you something more i like to say to all of us oh yes of course just remember communication is the key to

inclusion thank you so much and see you next week and i'm sure then let's all try to stay as we are.

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